What Do You Do When You're Snowed In?

We were snowed in for a few days this week, and it didn't take us to long to decide it was a good time to make Snow Cream!

Experimented with a few recipes and decided we liked this one best.

1 gallon bitter cold snow

2-3 cups of milk

1 1/2 - 2 1/2 cups of sugar

1 tablespoon of Mexican vanilla*

Stir together well (test taste to determine how much sugar and milk you will need)

and serve immediately! 

* if you don't have Mexican vanilla, just use vanilla extract, and throw in an extra teaspoon of it.

Some of our family members enjoyed pouring a little bit of coffee over it for "coffee snow cream" ;)

Enjoy!

Christmas/Grandma's Birthday Surprise!

~Christmas Morning!~

Christmas Morning at Grandma's always starts with Cherry and Blueberry Rolls, and Sticky Buns...

definitely a favorite tradition of all Eddy side of the Family! 

The Youngs came in to Iowa a few days before the surprise, and we greatly enjoyed the extra time with them. (Table games were definitely a favorite)

 We were able to meet Roger's fiancee, and enjoyed getting to know her. (they became engaged on Christmas day!)

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 The day of the big surprise!!

Excitement building as we waited for Grandma to appear around the corner!

~Game time!~

Mindy, Melody, Molly, A.J., and Timmy.

 This is what happens when half the people don't want their picture taken. ;)

 ~Smiles~

There was an abundance of little kids there, and it was a challenge to keep all their names straight. :)

Riding Grandma's bus route on Sunday morning was a very cold but pleasant experience.

A few of the girls remembered me from our last visit. (thank goodness I remembered them as well!) 

 Grandma and I.

At the end of the visit we all sang together, it was one of the highlights of the trip!

Can't believe how fast the time went, but we enjoyed every minute of it.

That's all for now...

Have a wonderful week!

November!

 We have certainly had a lot going on lately, which is part of the reason I have been bad about posting.

Making cookies with the kids' "help" is always fun and challenging interesting! :)

Our church had their annual Craft and Bake sale...

 So many ladies put a lot of hard work into it.

 ~Setting up the Christmas tree!~

~Reid's birthday party~

The little kids did not lack for attention. :)

 Coffee and desserts were favorites of almost everyone. (who doesn't like cheesecake?)

 ~Thanksgiving~

Most of the married siblings were able to come over, and we had a good time.
Everyone wanted to hold the newborn Adelyn Nicole Thacker.

Born November 18th.

Kenny is a great example of all the expressions little kids make.

He had his first birthday at the very end of October.

 The new favorite game of the family is Settlers of Catan. (So much fun!)

Goofing off with Abbie! ;)

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We have had our first couple of snow flurries... I am hoping for a lot more before Christmas!

 Molly and Mindy

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  You will probably recognize this as the rather noisy, but fun game of Pit.

 Em and I

 Cowboy Sunday, and Texas Brisket meal at church. (a promotion of the Fire Hero Gear program we just finished)

 We have picked, sliced, peeled, juiced, canned, and frozen, tons of apples.

Well that's all for now, have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday, Kaity!

Happy birthday to our very dear sister/daughter, mother of Emmy, Abbie, and David, and wife to Brent.

Hope your day is as sweet and amazing as you are!

 We love you lots! ;)

Happy Birthday, Luke!

Luke definitely adds quite a bit of humor to our lives! :)

Besides that though, he is hardworking, smart, (my personal chauffeur to work and everywhere else) musical, handsome, and a wonderful brother.

Could anyone ask for more?

We love you, Luke!

Happy 17th Birthday!

Big News!

Pictures from the wedding!

I know this post was a long while in coming, but we found ourselves very busy after the wedding.

Here are a few of the professional pics, but there are also several that were just snapped on cell phones throughout the day. Enjoy!

The excited couple the day before the wedding!

 Getting ready...

 ~Emmy and Aunt Emmy~

 Picture time!

Random pictures taken throughout the day.

Love this picture!

Our big, happy family!

 ~Sisters~

~The bridal party~

The girls

 The guys

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~The Ceremony~

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That's all folks!

Professional photography is by JNPhotography